Retribution was Overwatch’s hottest occasion but

Last month’s Retribution occasion had “a higher participation rate than any prior event,” which suggests – because the bigwigs may say – higher engagement than ever earlier than. They additionally say the sport’s persevering with to attract in new gamers. No particular numbers there, nevertheless it’s price noting that in August Overwatch posted its finest active player numbers to that time, a yr after launch.

Activision-Blizzard attribute that improved engagement partly to Overwatch League, with “combined hours spent playing and watching Overwatch increasing sequentially” because the launch of the group. That could also be a difficult little bit of math – if playtime is down in opposition to elevated watch time – nevertheless it does imply persons are nonetheless pouring tonnes of curiosity within the sport.

The different video games beneath the Blizzard label are additionally cited for giant success, with World of Warcraft posting higher numbers than the identical time within the final growth cycle, and Battle for Azeroth pre-orders forward of expectations. All advised, Blizzard had 38 million month-to-month energetic customers for the interval.

Across each side of the corporate, Activision-Blizzard reported extra monthly active users than the population of the US. They additionally say that Destiny 2 was Activision’s biggest PC launch ever.